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docs: advertise native Butane config support - #2357
After the Butane merge (#2235), Ignition 2.27.0 accepts Butane YAML anywhere an Ignition config is expected, but the docs only reflected that in a few places. This makes the story consistent across both doc sets.
What changed:
Ignition docs: the landing page, getting-started, examples, specs, rationale, migration, operator notes, distributor notes, supported platforms, and the boot-flow diagram now state that Butane YAML is accepted and transpiled at boot (Ignition 2.27.0+).
Examples: docs/examples.md gains a validated Butane equivalent of the first JSON example.
Butane docs: restructured around the format instead of a standalone transpiler. The CLI is described as the tool for older Ignition versions, validation, and --files-dir. Fixed repo-relative links that would 404 on the published site.
Maintenance: AGENTS.md documents cd butane && ./generate for the generated Butane spec docs, and the stabilization checklist now regenerates them and updates butane/docs/specs.md.
Notes:
Boot-time transpilation has no files directory, so local: references still need butane --files-dir; the docs note it explicitly.
Links to the archived coreos.github.io/butane site now point at the in-repo Butane docs on GitHub. The published site is frozen on the archived repo (it 404s on the new OpenShift 5.0.0 spec); republishing it from this repo is a separate decision.
Docs-only; no code changes.
Testing:
go run internal/util/tools/docs/docs.go passes; docs/examples.md now has 11 validated config sections, including the new Butane example.
The Butane docs validator passes with the files directory the test script supplies.
Follow-up: republishing these docs from this repository is tracked in #2338. The links in this PR point at the in-repo Butane docs on GitHub for now; they will move to https://coreos.github.io/ignition/butane/... once the Pages build is updated.
The documentation describes Ignition 2.27.0 and later accepting Butane YAML and transpiling it at boot. It updates guidance on configuration sources, CLI use, local-file references, examples, migration, specification links, and Butane documentation generation.
These pages describe Butane YAML as an accepted input starting with Ignition 2.27.0 and identify supported configuration sources. They note that boot-time transpilation cannot resolve local: references.
Document Butane usage and maintenance butane/docs/*, docs/examples.md, docs/migrating-configs.md, docs/rationale.md, docs/specs.md
The Butane guides describe direct boot-time use, CLI use for older Ignition versions, validation, and local-file embedding. The documentation adds a Butane service example, migration and spec guidance, and updated links.
Older Ignition releases can reject Butane configurations supplied using the distributor guidance. Qualifying the version requirement would address this bounded documentation risk.
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Ignition 2.27.0 accepts Butane YAML anywhere an Ignition config is
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Butane example, and note that configs with `local:` references still
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Minor · Scope native Butane support to Ignition 2.27.0 and later. · distributor-notes.md:17-22
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Scope native Butane support to Ignition 2.27.0 and later.
Without a version qualifier, this paragraph can be read as applying to pre-2.27 Ignition releases. Those releases parse these files as JSON and reject Butane YAML, so the configuration is not applied. Add the same version qualifier used by the other documentation pages.
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Add the Ignition 2.27.0-and-later qualifier to the paragraph describing native
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releases accept Butane YAML; leave the remaining guidance unchanged.
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After the Butane merge (#2235), Ignition 2.27.0 accepts Butane YAML anywhere an Ignition config is expected, but the docs only reflected that in a few places. This makes the story consistent across both doc sets.
What changed:
cd butane && ./generatefor the generated Butane spec docs, and the stabilization checklist now regenerates them and updates butane/docs/specs.md.Notes:
local:references still needbutane --files-dir; the docs note it explicitly.Testing:
go run internal/util/tools/docs/docs.gopasses; docs/examples.md now has 11 validated config sections, including the new Butane example.Refs: #2235, coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker#2006
Follow-up: republishing these docs from this repository is tracked in #2338. The links in this PR point at the in-repo Butane docs on GitHub for now; they will move to
https://coreos.github.io/ignition/butane/...once the Pages build is updated.